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Dame Alison Rose explains how she put NatWest at the forefront of sustainable finance with a three-pillar climate strategy: cut the bank’s own emissions, reduce exposure to high-carbon sectors, and fund the transition at scale. She details how NatWest set net zero and net positive targets, pushed oil and gas clients to produce credible transition plans, and tied lending incentives to sustainability milestones. Rose also breaks down the bank’s green financing push, plus the pr

NatWest leadership systems, customer trust, net zero strategy, funding the transition, crime prevention investment, and UK SME resilience.

Dame Alison Rose sits down with Francine Lacqua to reflect on her 30-year rise at NatWest, why she led with a purpose-led strategy, and how she navigated ambiguity through Covid, inflation shocks, and the early impacts of the war in Ukraine. She explains what it took to rebuild trust in banking after the financial crisis, why falling below 50% government ownership mattered, and how NatWest supported households and SMEs with fixed-rate borrowing, mortgage planning, and practic

Dame Alison Rose unpacks what the Rose Review surfaced about why women founders still struggle to access capital, including low awareness of funding routes, limited role models, and the high stakes of over-levering with debt or giving away equity too early. She then connects those insights to how she led NatWest through Covid, expanding digital support tools, launching Entrepreneur Accelerators across the UK, and balancing shareholder returns with the responsibility of servin

Dame Alison Rose, former NatWest CEO and architect of the Rose Review, shares how she built high-performing teams by hiring people stronger than her, creating a culture for “good fights,” and staying focused on outcomes. She also explains why unlocking female entrepreneurship is both an economic growth strategy and a leadership mandate. Listen here.

Dame Alison Rose reflects on the decisions and leadership traits that shaped her rise from NatWest graduate trainee to the first woman CEO of a major UK bank. She breaks down how banking is changing with neobanks, social-first customer relationships, and rising crypto-related fraud, then connects the dots to her work on female entrepreneurship through the Rose Review. She also shares why she treats climate change as a true emergency and what practical support SMEs need to tra

The Alison Rose Review is tracking what is changing for women entrepreneurs in the UK, and where the biggest gaps still are. This post highlights the 2023 progress report’s headline wins, including record numbers of women starting businesses in 2022 and major growth among 16 to 25-year-old founders, then zooms in on the barriers that keep showing up, especially access to funding and disproportionate caring responsibilities. It also covers what the Review is committing to next

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THEBOSSMAGAZINE.COM — Dame Alison Rose, former CEO of NatWest Group, has become a powerful voice for gender equity in business. In a...

INSIGHTSUCCESS.COM — Dame Alison Rose appeared on Leaders with Lacqua to reflect on her groundbreaking tenure as CEO of NatWest and the...

CEOWORLD.BIZ — Dame Alison Rose joined James Harding on the Thinkin podcast to reflect on her journey from NatWest graduate to...

FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM — Dame Alison Rose has become a leading voice on women in business, drawing from her experience as the first female...

FINANCIAL-NEWS.CO.UK — Dame Alison Rose, the first woman to lead a major UK bank, is known not only for her historic appointment at...

BUSINESS-MONEY.COM — Dame Alison Rose, the first woman to lead a major UK bank, authored the landmark Rose Review of Female...

NEWSTODAY.CO.UK — When Dame Alison Rose stepped into her role as CEO of NatWest Group, the bank was falling short on both customer...